Brush Burial: Gutter World

Brush Burial: Gutter World

Released Nov 2025

A murky first-person immersive sim with tightly-wound melee combat and tangled, vertical levels to explore. Use your forked tail to tie your enemies in knots and climb impossible heights. Kill your mark with quickness and cunning, using whatever tools you see fit.

93% positive · 880 reviews
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Evaluation

Brush Burial: Gutter World launched on November 19, 2025. Since release, the developer has remained active: a maintenance patch on December 5, 2025 added cosmetics and bug fixes, and on April 30, 2026, a substantial new 'Cutthroat' mode launched — a score-attack game mode featuring five randomized combat arenas. Separately, the developer is working on a follow-up title, Brush Burial: Bruiseland, with a demo released in March 2026 and the full game targeting later in 2026. In that same March 2026 announcement, the developer explicitly stated: "I still have at least one more update planned for Gutter World. I have not forgotten about you all." This commitment was made before the Cutthroat update shipped, so it's possible Cutthroat fulfilled that promise — but the wording ("at least one more") leaves the door open to additional content. The developer has been consistently communicative and has not signaled that Gutter World is finished.
Evidence
Major 'Cutthroat' game mode launched — a randomized score-attack mode with five combat arenas, unlocked after completing all four contracts.
news post · Apr 30, 2026 source content shipped
high
Developer explicitly states 'I still have at least one more update planned for Gutter World' while announcing the Brush Burial: Bruiseland demo.
news post · Mar 12, 2026 source content planned
high

Media

Details

Publisher
Knife Demon Software
Achievements
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Platform
Windows
Controller
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Steam Deck
Playable
Players
Single-player

About this game

Caught in the mulching churn of a frontier world, Fennel, a devil flung far from home, cuts out a living from the cities and towns at the edge of the earth.

Master a suite of unique combat and movement techniques through use of your forked tail. Lose your way in the slithering guts of the colonial undercarriage. Make wealth out of misery.


Brush Burial: Gutter World is an immersive sim with sanguine and spirited systemic gameplay. You may accomplish your goals as you see fit. All combat is avoidable; to show mercy or malice is your decision.

Features:

  • Tightly designed and interconnected levels with numerous paths to the objective, full of hostile or friendly NPCs who react to crimes like stealing, trespassing, and murder.

  • Fast paced, instantaneous combat that is simple but robust, encouraging the use of improvised or stolen weapons, environmental objects, and a unique hand-to-hand takedown system.

  • Dozens of unique cosmetics to be unlocked through gameplay challenges, as well as progression through the game's levels.

  • One 'Greater Contract' and Three 'Lesser Contracts' to complete. Four levels in total, built to be replayed.

Last evaluated Jun 17, 2026
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